ekans #23

Poison

ekans's Type Matchups

Weak to (2x damage):

Ground

Psychic

Resistant to (½x damage):

Grass

Poison

Fairy

Fighting

Bug

ekans

Ekans is a powerful poison type Pokémon known for its exceptional abilities. With a total base experience of 58, it possesses intimidate, shed-skin, unnerve, making it a formidable opponent in battle. Standing 2.0m tall and weighing 6.9kg, this Pokémon has unique characteristics that make it special in the world of Pokémon.

Base Stats

Attack

Defense

Special Attack

Special Defense

Speed

ekans's Height

2.0m

ekans's Weight

6.9kg

ekans's Category

Seed

ekans's Gender

♂ 87.5% ♀ 12.5%

ekans's Abilities

intimidate

shed-skin

unnerve

ekans's Evolution Chain

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arbok

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Pokédex entries

Generation I

redblue

Moves silently and stealthily. Eats the eggs of birds, such as PIDGEY and SPEAROW, whole.

yellow

The older it gets, the longer it grows. At night, it wraps its long body around tree branches to rest.

Generation II

gold

It can freely de tach its jaw to swallow large prey whole. It can be come too heavy to move, however.

silver

It always hides in grass. When first born, it has no poison, so its bite is painful, but harmless.

crystal

It flutters the tip of its tongue to seek out the scent of prey, then swallows the prey whole.

Generation III

rubysapphire

EKANS curls itself up in a spiral while it rests. Assuming this position allows it to quickly respond to a threat from any direction with a glare from its upraised head.

emerald

An EKANS curls itself up in a spiral while it rests. This position allows it to quickly respond to an enemy from any direction with a threat from its upraised head.

firered

A very common sight in grassland, etc. It flicks its tongue in and out to sense danger in its surroundings.

leafgreen

Moving silently and stealthily, it eats the eggs of birds, such as PIDGEY and SPEAROW, whole.

Generation IV

diamondpearlplatinum

It sneaks through grass without making a sound and strikes unsuspecting prey from behind.

heartgold

It can freely detach its jaw to swallow large prey whole. It can become too heavy to move, however.

soulsilver

It always hides in grass. When first born, it has no poison, so its bite is painful, but harmless.

Generation V

blackwhite

It sneaks through grass without making a sound and strikes unsuspecting prey from behind.

black 2white 2

It sneaks through grass without making a sound and strikes unsuspecting prey from behind.

Generation VI

The older it gets, the longer it grows. At night, it wraps its long body around tree branches to rest.

omega rubyalpha sapphire

Ekans curls itself up in a spiral while it rests. Assuming this position allows it to quickly respond to a threat from any direction with a glare from its upraised head.

Moving silently and stealthily, it eats the eggs of birds, such as Pidgey and Spearow, whole.

Generation VII

ultra sun

By dislocating its jaw, it can swallow prey larger than itself. After a meal, it curls up and rests.

ultra moon

The eggs of bird Pokémon are its favorite food. It swallows eggs whole, so sometimes an egg gets stuck, and Ekans faints.

lets go pikachulets go eevee

The older it gets, the longer it grows. At night, it wraps its long body around tree branches to rest.

Learnable Moves

Ekans can learn 95 moves:

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
acid	poison	Special	40	100
acid spray	poison	Special	40	100
aqua tail	water	Physical	90	90
attract	normal	Status	—	100
beat up	dark	Physical	—	100
belch	poison	Special	120	90
bide	normal	Physical	—	—
bind	normal	Physical	15	85
bite	dark	Physical	60	100
body slam	normal	Physical	85	100
brutal swing	dark	Physical	60	100
bulldoze	ground	Physical	60	100
captivate	normal	Status	—	100
coil	poison	Status	—	—
confide	normal	Status	—	—
crunch	dark	Physical	80	100
curse	ghost	Status	—	—
dark pulse	dark	Special	80	100
dig	ground	Physical	80	100
disable	normal	Status	—	100
double edge	normal	Physical	120	100
double team	normal	Status	—	—
earthquake	ground	Physical	100	100
endure	normal	Status	—	—
facade	normal	Physical	70	100
fire fang	fire	Physical	65	95
fissure	ground	Physical	—	30
frustration	normal	Physical	—	100
gastro acid	poison	Status	—	100
giga drain	grass	Special	75	100
glare	normal	Status	—	100
gunk shot	poison	Physical	120	80
haze	ice	Status	—	—
headbutt	normal	Physical	70	100
hidden power	normal	Special	60	100
infestation	bug	Special	20	100
iron tail	steel	Physical	100	75
knock off	dark	Physical	65	100
lash out	dark	Physical	75	100
leech life	bug	Physical	80	100
leer	normal	Status	—	100
mega drain	grass	Special	40	100
mimic	normal	Status	—	—
mud bomb	ground	Special	65	85
mud shot	ground	Special	55	95
mud slap	ground	Special	20	100
natural gift	normal	Physical	—	100
payback	dark	Physical	50	100
poison fang	poison	Physical	50	100
poison jab	poison	Physical	80	100
poison sting	poison	Physical	15	100
poison tail	poison	Physical	50	100
protect	normal	Status	—	—
psychic fangs	psychic	Physical	85	100
pursuit	dark	Physical	40	100
rage	normal	Physical	20	100
rain dance	water	Status	—	—
rest	psychic	Status	—	—
return	normal	Physical	—	100
rock slide	rock	Physical	75	90
rock tomb	rock	Physical	60	95
round	normal	Special	60	100
scale shot	dragon	Physical	25	90
scary face	normal	Status	—	100
screech	normal	Status	—	85
secret power	normal	Physical	70	100
seed bomb	grass	Physical	80	100
skitter smack	bug	Physical	70	90
skull bash	normal	Physical	130	100
slam	normal	Physical	80	75
sleep talk	normal	Status	—	—
sludge bomb	poison	Special	90	100
sludge wave	poison	Special	95	100
snarl	dark	Special	55	95
snatch	dark	Status	—	—
snore	normal	Special	50	100
spit up	normal	Special	—	100
spite	ghost	Status	—	100
stockpile	normal	Status	—	—
strength	normal	Physical	80	100
substitute	normal	Status	—	—
sucker punch	dark	Physical	70	100
sunny day	fire	Status	—	—
swagger	normal	Status	—	85
swallow	normal	Status	—	—
switcheroo	dark	Status	—	100
take down	normal	Physical	90	85
tera blast	normal	Special	80	100
thief	dark	Physical	60	100
torment	dark	Status	—	100
toxic	poison	Status	—	90
toxic spikes	poison	Status	—	—
trailblaze	grass	Physical	50	100
venoshock	poison	Special	65	100
wrap	normal	Physical	15	90

Commonly Asked Questions About Ekans

What type is Ekans?

Ekans is a poison type Pokémon.

What does Ekans evolve into?

Ekans evolves into arbok.

What are Ekans's weaknesses?

Ekans is weak to ground and psychic type moves.